Somebody pretending to be former New York Yankee outfielder Shane Spencer duped an Albany, N.Y. radio station with tales of steroid use on the great Bronx Bombers teams of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Among other things, the fake Spencer told ESPN Radio 104.5 he had dabbled with performance-enhancing drugs and that "it would be extremely naive" to believe Yankee legends Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera had never used PEDs.

When Jeter heard a podcast of the interview Tuesday, he asked team officials to contact Spencer, now hitting coach for the independent Somerset Patriots.

The real Spencer, who played on the Yankees from 1998 to 2004, was stunned by what he heard.

"I listened to (the interview) for about a minute and I about threw up,'' Spencer told ESPNNewYork.com. "I just want it out there that it wasn't me.

"It's embarrassing,'' he added. "It's almost like I want to drive to Yankee Stadium and apologize.''

The radio station had a podcast of the interview with host Mike Lindsley up on its website until about 6 p.m. Tuesday, when officials became aware of the hoax.

"Unfortunately, after the interview was aired, we learned that the interview was with an imposter," the station said in a statement "During the interview, the Spencer imposter said that he used performance enhancing drugs and accused other players of doing the same while pretending to be Spencer...We, along with Shane, share the opinion that such criminal actions are not funny, have no sense of purpose, are bad for the individuals involved, and are bad for baseball as well as radio in general."

Spencer had exchanged emails with Lindsley about an interview but nothing had been finalized. But someone identifying himself as Spencer called the station at 1:30 p.m. ET Monday.